Ray Collins
Known for: Acting
Born: December 9, 1889 in Sacramento, California, USA - Died: July 10, 1965
Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. With 900 stage roles to his credit, he became one of the most successful actors in the developing field of radio drama. A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, Collins went to Hollywood with the Mercury Theatre company and made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane, as Kane's ruthless political rival. Collins appeared in more than 75 films and had one of his best-remembered roles on television, as the irascible Lieutenant Arthur Tragg on the television series Perry Mason.
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Citizen Kane
Jim W. Gettys
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Milton
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jack Amberson
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
The Price of Freedom
Thomas Vollmer
The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
The Racket
Mortimer Welsh
Crack-Up
Dr. Lowell
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Dr. Matt Beemish
The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
A Double Life
Victor Donlan
The Man from Colorado
Big Ed Carter
Summer Stock
Jasper G. Wingait
Vengeance Valley
Arch Strobie
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Fred Houlihan
The Reformer and the Redhead
Commodore Parker
Paid in Full
Dr. Fredericks
Badman's Territory
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Leave Her to Heaven
Glen Robie
The Human Comedy
Mr. Macauley
The Desperate Hours
Sheriff Masters
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Jonathan Parker
Can't Help Singing
Senator Frost
You're in the Navy Now
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant